Great Quotes for Coaches Podcast

I have told you for a while now that I will be talking about quotes dealing with the Core Covenants that my varsity boys' basketball team has chosen for this season. 

However, with the day that this episode is coming out being Christmas, I thought I would take a little detour from my discussion of covenants (although covenants play a huge part in the Christian faith!) and talk about quotes that deal with the concept of belief and how powerful our ability to believe in something can be.

So today, you will hear 5 quotes about belief and how important it is for us to truly believe in something if we want to be successful at making it happen.

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Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

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I have told you for a while now that I will be talking about quotes dealing with the Core Covenants that my varsity boys' basketball team has chosen for this season. In last week's episode, I started by explaining the whole concept of what we are trying to do with the establishment of Core Covenants and why we do it. My focus was on how we need to Intentionally Create our Culture.

This week we start to talk about a key to how we intentionally create our culture—by establishing and living by our Core Covenants. I talk about the concept in today's episode and then I talk about five quotes that help support the concept.

For more information on Core Covenants and establishing them with your team, I highly recommend you check out Bruce Brown's booklet called, "First Steps to Creating a Successful Team—Core Covenants" at the Proactive Coaching website. You can also find a video of the concept there, or you can schedule a speaker to come to your organization to do a presentation on it.

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For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

The last 3 weeks, I  talked about quotes from Arnold Schwarzenegger's new book, "Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life." While there are many more great concepts and ideas in that book, and I recommend you check it out, this week we move on to what I have been saying we would be doing for a while now.

I have been telling you that I will be talking about quotes dealing with the Core Covenants that my varsity boys' basketball team has chosen for this season. In this week's episode, I start by explaining the whole concept of what we are trying to do with the establishment of Core Covenants and why we do it.

It's all about intentionally defining the values that are important to you and your organization and then creating your team's culture based on those values. Therefore, today I have some quotes that talk about the importance of values and why we need to intentionally work on and live by them.

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For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Last week, I continued talking about quotes from Arnold Schwarzenegger's new book, "Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life."

As I told you the last couple of weeks, it is quite good, and it is filled with so many great concepts that I have been reading parts of it to my team. So, I thought I would do the same with you. 

Today's episode focuses on the concept of recognizing that pain is something that is part of growth, and that most things worthwhile in our development are going to have moments of discomfort and/or pain that we will need to deal with. 

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For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Last week, I thought I was going to be talking about quotes that I will be using with my varsity boys' basketball team over the course of our season. The quotes will be based on the Core Covenants that our team has come up with that we feel will establish the identity that we are seeking for our team.

However, I hadn't started working through our Core Covenants with our teams because we hadn't finished picking our teams as of last Monday. I thought we might start our Core Covenants last week, but we will start them this week. So last week I talked to you about quotes from Arnold Schwarzenegger's new book, "Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life."

As I told you last week, while I am only a few chapters into it, it is quite good, and it is filled with so many great concepts that I have actually started reading parts of it to my team. So, I thought I would do the same with you. So last week, this week, and probably next week, you get to hear quotes and ideas from The Terminator!! 

Today's episode focuses on the concept of putting in the reps to become the best you can be. You have to put in the time and effort to laying a foundation of fundamentals if you want to be able to eventually become someone who innovates and creates and plays or works at a high level. This chapter really nails home some great points for all of us seeking to become our best.

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For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Last week we moved on from our series on Perfectionism and began a new journey. I thought I was going to be talking about quotes that I will be using with my varsity boys' basketball team over the course of our season. The quotes will be based on the Core Covenants that our team has come up with that we feel will establish the identity that we are seeking for our team. I told you that I would be telling you this week what our covenants are, and that I would begin with a quote or a few quotes on the first covenant and then continue in that vein throughout the season.

However, last week I went back to Dr. Brene Brown and her book "Daring Greatly." I decided to talk about the entire "Man in the Arena" quote from Teddy Roosevelt from which Brene Brown got that title for her book. That's because I will be using that with my team, too. Also, I had not gotten to our Core Covenants yet with my team, so it was the perfect time to talk about "The Man in the Arena."

Well, I still haven't started with our Core Covenants. We are actually doin cuts (Yuck!) and picking our teams tonight. Therefore, we won't start our Core Covenants until later this week or early next week. So today, I have a special treat for you from an unlikely source - Arnold Schwarzenegger!

He has a new book out that my step-daughter, Maggie, got me. It's called "Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life." I am only a few chapters into it, but it is so good, and it is filled with so many great concepts that I have actually started reading parts of it to my team. So, I thought I would do the same with you. So for this week and probably next week, you get to hear quotes and ideas from The Terminator!! 

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For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Today we move on from our series on Perfectionism and begin a new journey. While it won't be an actual series, over the next few episodes (maybe 4, but maybe more!), I will be talking about quotes that I will be using with my varsity boys' basketball team over the course of our season. As I type that, I realize that this could be a 4-month endeavor, rather than a 4-episode endeavor!

What I plan on doing is talking about the quotes I will be talking about with my team over the season. The quotes will be based on the Core Covenants that our team has come up with that we feel will establish the identity that we are seeking for our team. I will tell you what our covenants are next week, and I will begin with a quote or a few quotes on the first covenant. I will then continue in that vein throughout the season.

Today, though, I start with a quote that I will be using in a foundational way with our team. I talked about this quote a bit when I was dong quotes on perfectionism by Dr. Brene Brown from her book "Daring Greatly." However, over the course of the first 190 episodes of this podcast, I don't remember ever talking about the entire quote from Teddy Roosevelt from which Brene Brown got that title for her book.

The quote is often called, "The Man in the Arena." It is one of the all-time great quotes for those of us in leadership roles, and it is a great way to kick off these episodes I will be doing on my team's Core Covenants. Enjoy!

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For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Today we wrap up our series on perfectionism with a few quotes that flip around the ideas that many people have of perfectionism. We zero in today on the concepts of worthiness, self-compassion, togetherness, growth & improvement when dealing with perfectionist tendencies in ourselves.

Lots of great ideas in here today, especially for those of you who are perfectionists or who teach/coach/parent/lead perfectionists. Help them (or yourselves) see that the goal should not be perfection—the goal is loving yourself enough to realize that you get to grow and improve every single day for the rest of your life.

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For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Today we continue with the  series of quotes on "Perfectionism" that I started a couple of months ago. Today we have multiple quotes on perfectionism from various sources for you. 

Actually, most of the quotes are about "imperfectionism" (I think I just made up a word!) and how being perfect is not all it's cracked up to be - at least according to some people!

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For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Today we continue with the  series of quotes on "Perfectionism" that I started a couple of months ago. Today's quote comes to us from Dr. Jen Douglas, a clinical psychologist who studies and works with people on the concept of perfection and perfectionism.

I have been telling you that I would be doing a series of quotes by Dr. Jen, but I realized that since I had four quotes of hers I wanted to discuss, I could do them all in one episode. So that's what you get today - 4 quotes by Dr. Jen.

These are really good quotes, and they get at the heart of what we have been saying about perfection. If you want to find out more about Dr. Jen or see more of what she says about perfectionism, you can find her on Twitter (X) and Instagram at @drjenofficial or at https://www.drjenniferdouglas.com/

Support the show

For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.